We have saved a template file to a shared folder on our server (jobpack.xlt).
It is accessed via a link on our company intranet. Some users click the
link and the file opens as jobpack1.xls, but other users click the same link
and the file is loaded as the template (jobpack.xlt). We'd like to have ALL
users get the jobpack1.xls results when they click. Any idea what we need to
do to make this happen?

Thanks!

I bet it's really jobpack1 (w/o the .xls).

But it sounds like windows/excel is slightly confused on how to treat the .xlt
extension.

I'd have the "offending" users try this:

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

slagmandoza wrote:

We have saved a template file to a shared folder on our server (jobpack.xlt).
It is accessed via a link on our company intranet. Some users click the
link and the file opens as jobpack1.xls, but other users click the same link
and the file is loaded as the template (jobpack.xlt). We'd like to have ALL
users get the jobpack1.xls results when they click. Any idea what we need to
do to make this happen?

Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson

Dave,

Thanks for the suggestion. We'll give it a try.

Thanks!



"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I bet it's really jobpack1 (w/o the .xls).

But it sounds like windows/excel is slightly confused on how to treat the .xlt
extension.

I'd have the "offending" users try this:

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

slagmandoza wrote:

We have saved a template file to a shared folder on our server (jobpack.xlt).
It is accessed via a link on our company intranet. Some users click the
link and the file opens as jobpack1.xls, but other users click the same link
and the file is loaded as the template (jobpack.xlt). We'd like to have ALL
users get the jobpack1.xls results when they click. Any idea what we need to
do to make this happen?

Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson

Tried, but didn't help. Anything else I might try?

Thanks!

"slagmandoza" wrote:

Dave,

Thanks for the suggestion. We'll give it a try.

Thanks!



"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I bet it's really jobpack1 (w/o the .xls).

But it sounds like windows/excel is slightly confused on how to treat the .xlt
extension.

I'd have the "offending" users try this:

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

slagmandoza wrote:

We have saved a template file to a shared folder on our server (jobpack.xlt).
It is accessed via a link on our company intranet. Some users click the
link and the file opens as jobpack1.xls, but other users click the same link
and the file is loaded as the template (jobpack.xlt). We'd like to have ALL
users get the jobpack1.xls results when they click. Any idea what we need to
do to make this happen?

Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson

This is a windows setting, so you'll have to do this on each pc.

I'd close excel (just because!).

(This is for winXP--but it'll be similar to other versions of windows)
Open windows explorer
Tools|Folder Options|File Types Tab
Scroll down to XLT Microsoft Excel Template
Select that.
Click on the Advanced button
Make sure that New is bolded (if it isn't select New and click "set as default"

Ok your way out and test it out.

(I was hoping that /regserver would do the same as this.)

slagmandoza wrote:

Tried, but didn't help. Anything else I might try?

Thanks!

"slagmandoza" wrote:

Dave,

Thanks for the suggestion. We'll give it a try.

Thanks!



"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I bet it's really jobpack1 (w/o the .xls).

But it sounds like windows/excel is slightly confused on how to treat the .xlt
extension.

I'd have the "offending" users try this:

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

slagmandoza wrote:

We have saved a template file to a shared folder on our server (jobpack.xlt).
It is accessed via a link on our company intranet. Some users click the
link and the file opens as jobpack1.xls, but other users click the same link
and the file is loaded as the template (jobpack.xlt). We'd like to have ALL
users get the jobpack1.xls results when they click. Any idea what we need to
do to make this happen?

Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

No - already set as you described! ANything else worth a shot?

Thanks!

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

This is a windows setting, so you'll have to do this on each pc.

I'd close excel (just because!).

(This is for winXP--but it'll be similar to other versions of windows)
Open windows explorer
Tools|Folder Options|File Types Tab
Scroll down to XLT Microsoft Excel Template
Select that.
Click on the Advanced button
Make sure that New is bolded (if it isn't select New and click "set as default"

Ok your way out and test it out.

(I was hoping that /regserver would do the same as this.)

slagmandoza wrote:

Tried, but didn't help. Anything else I might try?

Thanks!

"slagmandoza" wrote:

Dave,

Thanks for the suggestion. We'll give it a try.

Thanks!



"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I bet it's really jobpack1 (w/o the .xls).

But it sounds like windows/excel is slightly confused on how to treat the .xlt
extension.

I'd have the "offending" users try this:

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

slagmandoza wrote:

We have saved a template file to a shared folder on our server (jobpack.xlt).
It is accessed via a link on our company intranet. Some users click the
link and the file opens as jobpack1.xls, but other users click the same link
and the file is loaded as the template (jobpack.xlt). We'd like to have ALL
users get the jobpack1.xls results when they click. Any idea what we need to
do to make this happen?

Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

I got nothing!

Slagmendoza wrote:

No - already set as you described! ANything else worth a shot?

Thanks!

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

This is a windows setting, so you'll have to do this on each pc.

I'd close excel (just because!).

(This is for winXP--but it'll be similar to other versions of windows)
Open windows explorer
Tools|Folder Options|File Types Tab
Scroll down to XLT Microsoft Excel Template
Select that.
Click on the Advanced button
Make sure that New is bolded (if it isn't select New and click "set as default"

Ok your way out and test it out.

(I was hoping that /regserver would do the same as this.)

slagmandoza wrote:

Tried, but didn't help. Anything else I might try?

Thanks!

"slagmandoza" wrote:

Dave,

Thanks for the suggestion. We'll give it a try.

Thanks!



"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I bet it's really jobpack1 (w/o the .xls).

But it sounds like windows/excel is slightly confused on how to treat the .xlt
extension.

I'd have the "offending" users try this:

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

slagmandoza wrote:

We have saved a template file to a shared folder on our server (jobpack.xlt).
It is accessed via a link on our company intranet. Some users click the
link and the file opens as jobpack1.xls, but other users click the same link
and the file is loaded as the template (jobpack.xlt). We'd like to have ALL
users get the jobpack1.xls results when they click. Any idea what we need to
do to make this happen?

Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson